Although Sandra Bullock started her career strongly with "Speed" and "The Net", a few choices that were a little too cute for their own good came along soon after, including "Two If By Sea". Although in this case, "cuteness" is really the least of this movie's problems.

Bullock plays Roz, who's been dating Frank(Dennis Leary) for a number of years. He's a small-time thief who's planning to sell a painting he's just stolen. The only problem is, he's not much of a thief, nor is either of them terribly smart. In a movie where nothing's terribly smart though, they blend in nicely.

Waiting for the sale, they hide out in a mansion and try to keep things looking normal to the locals, which include neighbor Evan Marsh(Stephen Dillane, who is a fantastic actor in films like "Welcome To Sarajevo"). The great majority of the film revolves around the relationship between Roz and Frank falling apart, and the police looking for the two. As charming as Bullock is, and as funny as Leary can occasionally be, neither one of them manages to save this film, whose most positive aspect is the gorgeous scenery. With the silly dialogue and thin plot, "Two If By Sea" takes a long time to not go anywhere.